Loftus and Palmer 1974

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Question 1

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What was the aim of the experiment?
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  • To investigate how information given to a person after the event influences their memory of the event.
  • Whether the reliability of a child's eye witness testimony is affected by their age .
  • To provide a historical integration of the research into eye witness testimony.

Question 2

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What type of experiments were the two experiments that took place?
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  • Field Experiment
  • Observation
  • Lab Experiment

Question 3

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What was the dependent variable in the first experiment
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  • The participants speed estimation
  • Whether the participant saw glass

Question 4

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What was the dependent variable in the second experiment?
Answer
  • Whether the participant saw glass
  • The participant's speed estimate

Question 5

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How many participants were there in the first experiment?
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  • 45 split into 5 groups
  • 60 split into 5 groups
  • 50 split in to 5 groups

Question 6

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How many participants were there in the second experiment?
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  • 120 split into 3 groups
  • 150 split into 3 groups
  • 180 spit into 3 groups

Question 7

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What 5 verbs were used in the first experiment?
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  • Smashed
  • Collided
  • Rammed
  • Contacted
  • Knocked
  • Hit
  • Bumped

Question 8

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What happened during the first experiment?
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  • The participants were shown short video clips and then were asked 'How fast the cars were going when they ______ each other'. Each group had a different verb in their question.
  • The participants were shown a video clip of a car crash and were then asked whether there was broken glass in the video straight after they watched it.
  • The participants were shown a video clip of a car crash and then asked whether they saw glass a week after they watched the video

Question 9

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What happened during the second experiment?
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  • All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. They were all asked if they saw broken glass straight after watching the video.
  • All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. They were all asked if they saw broken glass a week after watching the video.
  • All the groups were shown a video of a car accident. The first two groups were the asked the same question as those in experiment 1 with the verbs smashed and hit. The third group were not asked about the speed but a week later were asked whether they saw broken glass.

Question 10

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Was there any broken glass in the video?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 11

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In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the fastest mean speed?
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  • Collided
  • Smashed
  • Contacted
  • Hit
  • Bumped

Question 12

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In experiment 1, what verb made the participants give the slowest mean speed?
Answer
  • Collided
  • Smashed
  • Contaced
  • Hit
  • Bumped

Question 13

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In the second experiment, what group had the most participants saying there was broken glass
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  • The control group, group 3
  • The group that had the verb 'smashed'
  • The group that had the verb 'hit'

Question 14

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In the second experiment, what group had the most people say there was not any broken glass?
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  • The control group, group 3
  • The group that had the verb 'smashed'
  • The group that had the verb 'hit'

Question 15

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What two things did Loftus and Palmer conclude?
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  • The word used in the leading question does not influence how people answer the question
  • The word used in the leading question does influence how people answer the question
  • Overtime the misleading information that is asked is integrated with the original ,memory of the event
  • Overtime the misleading information that is asked is not integrated with the original ,memory of the event
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